M5 Touring - Car and Driver
BMW has once again expanded its M5 lineup to include a sizzling wagon version—called the Touring, of course, in BMW's language. Like the M5 sedan, the M5 station wagon is powered—abundantly—by BMW's glorious race-bred V-10, which sends no fewer than 500 horses and 383 pound-feet of torque to the rear wheels via the controversial seven-speed sequential manual gearbox. Here's the bad news: As with every one of its M-powered Touring predecessors (the last of which was based on the E34 M5 from the early 1990s), the E60 M5 Touring will not be sold on U. S. shores due to lack of anticipated interest from anyone but... This leaves DaimlerChrysler's 425-hp Dodge Magnum SRT8 as well as its 507-hp Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG wagon as the undisputed kings of the car pool. Source: www.caranddriver.com
